The higher the quality of a movie file the greater the size. This can be an issue when trying to move to a storage device or upload on the Internet with a slow connection. Luckily, applications like MPG File Size Reduce gives you the possibility to decrease the amount of space required for storage at the cost of quality.

Lightweight and easy to use

Starting the process is as simple as dragging the desired file on the main window and hitting the “Start Reducing” button. The interface is compact and includes necessary options, so you don't spend any time browsing through multiple tabs or windows.

The main browsing buttons tend to be similar. In other words, both allow you to add multiple files, one bringing up an explorer window so you manually go to the location, while the other simply asks you to specify the exact path of the folder you from which files are imported.

Choose how much to reduce

In terms of functionality, it does its job well not requiring much on your behalf, except for patience if having to work with a lot of files. A slider lets you adjust the ratio at which the process to be conducted, ranging from “a little” to “a lot”.

However, until experimenting with several items you don't really feel the effect, because there is nothing to inform you what modifications the movie file is going to suffer from. Choosing to “Reduce a lot” considerably cuts out megabytes out of the original and is helpful if quality is not of great importance to you.

In conclusion

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that MPG File Size Reduce does its job good and fast, but this doesn't make it a professional application. It's fairly easy to use and gets you the desired result in a matter of moments. And one more thing, don't let the name fool you, because it can process more file types.

MPG File Size Reduce Software was reviewed by Mircea Dragomir, last updated on May 1st, 2014